Wang Huansheng

Wang Huansheng (1939-), researcher of ancient Chinese Greek and Roman literature and culture, retired researcher of the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of the Communist Party of China, proficient in ancient Greek, Latin, Russian, and English. Wang Huansheng is the first person to translate "Homer's Epic" from ancient Greek into Chinese. In 1959, he was admitted to the Russian Language Major of Beijing Foreign Studies University. In 1960, he was sent to the Soviet Union to study at public expense. He studied Western classics at Moscow University and graduated in 1965. The main academic work is "History of Ancient Roman Literature". The Chinese translation of "The Iliad" completed in collaboration with colleague Luo Niansheng is the first complete Chinese translation of a poetry genre from the original ancient Greek text. The Chinese translation of "The Odyssey" completed by himself is the first complete Chinese translation of the poetry genre from the original ancient Greek text (the first Chinese translation from the original ancient Greek text: Yang Xianyi's "The Odyssey" is in the prose genre). He has translated a variety of literary works such as ancient Roman and ancient Greek dramas and literary theory.